The best of Chelsea by the people who know - Cadogan

37 | THINGS TO DO | Film and theatre
Notable Royal
Court Theatre
productions
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
(1956)
The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco (1957)
Endgame by Samuel Beckett (1958)
Roots by Arnold Wesker (1959)
The Knack by Ann Jellicoe (1962)
Saved by Edward Bond (1965)
The Lion and the Jewel by Wole
Soyinka (1966)
Over Gardens Out by Peter Gill
(1969)
The Contractor by David
Storey (1969)
As Time Goes By by
Mustapha Matura (1971)
The Rocky Horror Show
by Richard O Brien
(1973)
The Island by
Athol Fugard
(1973)
Cloud Nine
From the original Royal
Court Theatre production of
The Rocky Horror Show
by Caryl
Churchill
(1979)
Bent by Martin
black box studios opened by a mainstream
theatre, launched in 1969.
The Royal Court s building closed temporarily
for redevelopment in 1996, with
the company moving to the West End
until it reopened in 2000. A book about
the Royal Court s life — The Royal Court
Theatre: Inside Out by Ruth Little and
Emily McLaughlin — is available in the
bookshop or from the online shop. Play
texts are also available.
Recent successes at the Royal Court
have included Jez Butterworth s awardwinning
Jerusalem, which transferred to
Sherman (1979)
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill (1982)
Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Andrea
Dunbar (1982)
Rat in the Skull by Ron Hutchinson
(1984)
Road by Jim Cartwright (1986)
Our Country’s Good by Timberlake
Wertenbaker (1988)
Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman
(1991)
Blasted by Sarah Kane (1995)
East is East by Ayub Khan-Din (1997,
performed at the Ambassadors during
the Royal Court building s redevelopment)
Attempts On Her Life by Martin Crimp
(1997, performed at the Ambassadors)
The Weir by Conor McPherson (1997,
performed at the Ambassadors)
Plasticine by Vassily Sigarev (2002)
A Number by Caryl Churchill (2002)
Fallout by Roy Williams (2003)
Motortown by Simon Stephens (2006)
Gone Too Far! by Bola Agbaje (2007)
That Face by Polly Stenham (2007)
Shades by Alia Bano (2009)
Enron by Lucy Prebble (2009)
Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth (2009)
Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris (2010)
The Heretic by Richard Bean (2011)
the West End and New York’s Broadway.
The Royal Court s artistic director,
Dominic Cooke, has announced that
he will step down from the post in April
2013 to focus on freelance work. His
successor has not yet been announced.
The Jerwood Theatre Upstairs is the
studio theatre, while the Jerwood Theatre
Downstairs is the main house. All seats
are £10 on Mondays, available on the
day of performance from 9am online,
10am in-person.
Sloane Square, SW1W 8AS. T: 020 7565
5000. www.royalcourttheatre.com
Tuned in
Whether you'd like to hear the Royal
Philharmonic in a spectacular concert
hall or enjoy live jazz with your jumbo
shrimp, Chelsea's many music venues
should hit the right note
606 Club
The 606 Club is a jazz club restaurant
which hosts live British-based music
seven nights a week. Run by musician
Steve Rubie, the club is set in a basement
venue and has been hosting a variety
of jazz, latin, soul, groove, R&B and
blues acts since 1976. It moved to its
current location to suit higher demand in
1988.
There is a bar, but non-members can
only be served alcohol with a substantial
meal. Membership costs £95 per
year and you must have visited the club
at least three times before being accepted.
There is also a music charge of £10
(Sunday to Thursday) or £12 (Friday and
Saturday), which goes straight into the
band s pocket and is added on to your
bill.
Sunday-Thursday 7pm-12am, Friday-
Saturday 8pm-2am.
90 Lots Road, London SW10 0QD
T: 020 7352 5953
www.606club.com
Cadogan Hall
Cadogan Hall is the home of the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra and the grandest
of Chelsea s music venues.
It was designed by Robert Fellowes
Chisholm as a New Christian Science
Church in 1907 and could draw congregations
of up to 1,600. Almost 90 years
later, in 1996, the congregations were
dwindling and change was needed. The
Cadogan Estate bought the hall in 2000
606 Club
and converted it into a music venue, with
acoustics, atmosphere and technology
high on the list.
The hall can seat an audience of
around 900 and offers an eclectic mix of
music including classical, opera, choral,
jazz, rock, pop and world music. See the
website for listings.
The box office is open Monday-
Saturday 10am-6pm (8pm on performance
days) and on Sundays (only on
performance days) from 3pm-8pm.
5 Sloane Terrace, London, SW1X 9DQ
T: 020 7730 4500
www.cadoganhall.com
Caffé Concerto (see Cafés)
Chelsea Old Church
Classical concerts are held at Chelsea
Old Church most months (avoiding
busier times in the church calendar such
as Christmas and Easter).
The singers and musicians for the